Here is an orginazation that’s sole purpose is to establish fellowship with disabled sportsmen and women and help them to get outdoors and enjoy it as much as possible.  The orginazation has a website www.outdoorbuddies.org .  It also has a dedicated group of director’s that work tirelessly and without pay on thier own time to make these outdoor adventures happen. The disabled sportsmen and women that come forward and express interest in getting back into the outdoor’s after their injury or illness are welcomed by the group.  It has a Colorado and a Kansas group but people from all over the country are welcome to join.   Groups like this and people like this need to be recognized for their efforts and sponsor’s need to get on board and help them with their efforts.  Outfitter’s and guides do step forward and donate hunts on their properties and as you can see from their website it has all be a great success.  The HUNT is not about the kill, and people that do not hunt just don’t understand that concept.  It is the fellowship of the hunters, sharing stories and the comradarie of being outdoors with other people.  There is nothing like a frosty sunrise while sitting there on stand and just being in the outdoors.  Being in a wheelchair does not make it any less exciting for the disabled participants.  Being in a truly remote area and seeing the sights and the magnificent animals in their natural setting would not be possible for these disabled outdoorsmen and women without the help of the Outdoor Buddies.  To be able to harvest an animal is just an added bonus for the participants as it will provide meat for the year and a memory to never be forgotten.  The look on a person’s face who thought they would never get to be outside or to hunt or fish in a setting like the Outdoor Buddies enables them to be in again is priceless.  I have seen that grown man and child get emotional after getting to share in a special outdoor moment that they had given up on as something that would just never happen due to their medical condition.  Thank you Outdoor Buddies for the work you all do so unselfishly!

Danny Oldham and I met in Beaufort, SC in 1982.  We were both stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station there in Beaufort.  It was great being young and a dedicated Marine.  But it was like Disneyland there for us with the outdoors that we had at our finger tips.  The fishing was great, saltwater and freshwater and the deer season lasts from August to January.  So Danny and I spent 4 years there in the Corps and on the water and in the woods. 

We have stayed friends through out our lives as most Marines do when they meet and work together. Danny now is back in Tennessee and stalks the Cumberland River, Percy Priest and Old Hickory for bass and hybrids.  Danny is a super guy who loves to fish and loves his wife and 3 girls.  I salute you Danny and I want you to know I value the time we have got to spend on the water and in the woods.  It has been 25 years and let’s keep catching them buddy!  Yes in Tennessee they perform miracles with fish releases and those ones on the board were put safely back in the water.  Good eating Danny! Danny’s fishing buddies in the picture are James and Jayden Malugin also from Tennessee. Jayden really likes to fish according to Danny.  I will be posting more pictures of Jayden when i get them. 

This is Mrs Ashley Biggs.  Pauls new wife and looks like she is adjusting to Michigan from Oklahoma just fine.  That is a keeper Paul!  Well actually two keeper’s   Paul; tells me that the bass fishing is awesome right now on top water and using tubes early in the AM and at sundown.  So those low light conditions are best for the bass right now and for the deer in the fall.  Funny thing how that works isn’t it?  So as not to let Paul be showed up I wil post his bass and his friends fish too.  Good job on lipping the bass and not the barracuda Paul.  I wish Mr and Mrs Biggs the best and I know the outdoors will be thier playground. Congrats on the marriage!

 A former Marine killed a bear with a single blow — by tossing a log at its head.

The bear had snatched the family’s cooler from their campsite in a national forest in northern Georgia. The 300-pound black bear was taking its loot back into the woods when Chris Everhart’s 6-year-old son threw a shovel at it.

Everhart says the bear started charging, so he grabbed the first thing he could find, which happened to be a log from the family’s firewood.

Everhart lobbed the chunk of wood, hitting the bear in the head and killing it.

“(I) threw it at it and it happened to hit the bear in the head,” Everhart said. “I thought it just knocked it out but it actually ended up killing the bear.”

The close call earned Everhart bragging rights — and a ticket. Park authorities say he didn’t properly secure his campsite.